Moving on now to Rudolph Valentino, another super-star of the silents, I mentioned in my review of "The Sheik" that The Conquering Power and Camille were due for DVD release, but so far this hasn't happened.
What we do have, however, is the 1918 All Night, an unexpectedly delightful little comedy in which superb acting from the entire cast (particularly William Dyer as the self-idolizing millionaire, Carmel Myers as the put-upon heroine and Charles Dorian as the enterprisingly woebegone Harcourt) disguises the rather familiar central situation of householders masquerading as their own servants.
Some very amusing lines ("I want to look nice when the ambulance arrives!") help too.
Paul Powell's direction seems bland, but he is actually keeping a tight rein on the comedy, allowing it to develop naturally and gathering a full quota of laughs from every twist of the plot. (Grapevine offer a 7/10 tinted DVD).
What we do have, however, is the 1918 All Night, an unexpectedly delightful little comedy in which superb acting from the entire cast (particularly William Dyer as the self-idolizing millionaire, Carmel Myers as the put-upon heroine and Charles Dorian as the enterprisingly woebegone Harcourt) disguises the rather familiar central situation of householders masquerading as their own servants.
Some very amusing lines ("I want to look nice when the ambulance arrives!") help too.
Paul Powell's direction seems bland, but he is actually keeping a tight rein on the comedy, allowing it to develop naturally and gathering a full quota of laughs from every twist of the plot. (Grapevine offer a 7/10 tinted DVD).